Sentence examples for barge against from inspiring English sources

With the day's diving done, the men released ropes that lashed the barge against the boat and let it swing behind the boat, connected by one long line.

More than 25,000 gallons of fuel oil escaped into the Neches River in southeast Texas when a towboat accidentally pushed a barge against a Danish tanker, piercing its hull, at an anchorage between Port Arthur and Beaumont, said Jim Suydam, a spokesman for the state General Land Office.

A white "work tug" boat that helped push the barge against the dock was dubbed the Dani Lynn.

Those who saw it were often struck by the advantages of still-water navigation when they saw ten or twelve men slowly hauling a single barge against the flow of the Irwell, while 40 feet above a horse, mule, or perhaps two men, could be seen hauling several linked barges across the still waters of the aqueduct.

The latter was used extensively in the Pacific theatre of war, fired from launching barges against shore installations, particularly just before landing operations (see photograph).

After four days of fighting, a Korean officer named Pak launched burning barges against its hull and set it aflame, forcing all aboard to throw themselves into the river, where they were captured by Korean fighters and either hacked to death at once or brought to shore for dismemberment by the jubilant crowds.

Moored barges bob against the dark exhale of factory chimneys.

There were barges knocking against each other in the current.

After a successful test against a barge, the Hunley was moved by railroad to Charleston, S.C.

One barge spent a flood against the gates in 1974, but the structure survived.

By early afternoon, some fifteen people, mostly swimsuited scientists and park rangers, were on a small pontoon boat and a barge that was roped against it, floating about a mile from the lake's north rim.